Six Degrees of Separation
A/N: For those who are fans of The Script, well, yes, this is story will be related to their song "Six Degrees of Separation". The main idea is to develop B&B's romance right after 5x16. Some flashbacks, some memories. This story will have 6 chapters, one for each degree of separation. It might have an epilogue. Hope you enjoy it.
Prologue
"We are together only for a time.
Connecting is fleeting.
We say, "You are Mine."
But all too soon our time together is gone."
Separation, by Faye Jones
She didn't believe in love at first sight. He, on the other hand, told her he believed in fate, that things are meant to be and that the only way you can change them is by avoiding the fact that they exist.
She tried to prove herself that she didn't love him. That those feelings she was having were merely some brain synapses, a rush of neurotransmitters providing her a different sensation. Later she would realize that she was changing the course of things by avoiding them, by shutting herself behind some castle walls, afraid to be hurt, afraid to be left alone again.
And then, the rush of neurotransmittersthat was providing her a pleasant sensation would be replaced by a rush of regrets. Because it might have been too late. Because, as he told her, he would have to find someone to spend the rest of his life with.
It wasn't in his plans, the last thing he wanted to do was to hurt her, but – as a soldier – he's learnt that you just don't wait and watch, you make the first move. You don't wait for what you are looking for; you just go after it until you are able to find it.
He looked for it and he found it, but she said they weren't a match. She brought science into it just to be able to avoid all those evidences that proved them they were meant for each other.
So, as the years went by, they've learnt to live with the six degrees of separation. They've learnt that at first, you think the worst is a broken heart. But what is gonna kill you is the second part. That, third, is when your world splits down the middle. Fourth, you are gonna think that you fixed yourself. Fifth, you see them out with someone else. And, sixth, is when you admit that you may have fucked up a little.